'It speaks volumes that the word 'depression' doesn’t exist in many of South Asian languages.'
But while we’ve made headway in reducing the stigma around this topic, there is still a big challenge ahead, as most of the patients I saw were women.
Even BAME faith communities can hold dangerous traditional views – for example, some believe depression is caused by weak faith or incurring God’s anger.isn’t visible it simply isn’t real. It speaks volumes that the word ‘depression’ doesn’t exist in many South Asian languages. The closest equivalent phrase means ‘long-term psychotic type condition’.
I was able to reassure him that the real shame would have been in not speaking up at all and together we were able to put a plan in place to support him. This example highlights the complexity of addressing mental health in BAME men – there are so many challenges.Video consultations have reduced our ability to read between the lines and interpret body language, and use our GP spidey-senses to work out whether something’s not as it seems.
Research also shows that matching patients with therapists of the same ethnicity, language or cultural background improves outcomes with mental health therapy Then there is the well-known Movember movement, which encourages men to grow their facial hair to raise money and awareness for men’s physical and mental health causes.For instance, men respond well to activity and exercise-based therapy, especially with peers. Perhaps we should move towards group-based therapy to help BAME men better engage with mental their health.
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